Between the 2016 and 2021 seasons, Max Scherzer had his most games pitched with 8+ strikeouts in a season in 2018, with 23 games.
Interpreted as:
most 8 or more strikeout games in a regular season for Max Scherzer 2016 to 2021| NAME | G | SO | SEASON | TM | W | L | W% | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | K% | BB% | WHIP | BABIP | RA | H/9 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | M. Scherzer | 23 | 246 | 2018 | 13 | 4 | .765 | 23 | 2.02 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 160.2 | 93 | 36 | 37 | 13 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 615 | 3 | 13.78 | 1.90 | 7.24 | 0.73 | 40.0 | 5.5 | 0.79 | .256 | 2.07 | 5.21 | |
| 2 | | M. Scherzer | 20 | 200 | 2019 | 9 | 6 | .600 | 20 | 2.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130.0 | 101 | 38 | 41 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 517 | 0 | 13.85 | 1.73 | 8.00 | 1.04 | 38.7 | 4.8 | 0.97 | .314 | 2.84 | 6.99 | |
| 3 | | M. Scherzer | 20 | 207 | 2017 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 20 | 1.97 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 141.2 | 84 | 31 | 37 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 543 | 4 | 13.15 | 2.10 | 6.27 | 1.08 | 38.1 | 6.1 | 0.83 | .242 | 2.35 | 5.34 | |
| 4 | | M. Scherzer | 19 | 194 | 2016 | 13 | 3 | .813 | 19 | 1.99 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 136.0 | 77 | 30 | 32 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 506 | 1 | 12.84 | 1.39 | 9.24 | 1.13 | 38.3 | 4.2 | 0.72 | .222 | 2.12 | 5.10 | |
| 5 | | M. Scherzer | 18 | 170 | 2021 | TOT | 10 | 2 | .833 | 18 | 1.64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120.2 | 67 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 448 | 2 | 12.68 | 1.57 | 8.10 | 1.12 | 37.9 | 4.7 | 0.73 | .220 | 1.72 | 5.00 |
| 6 | | M. Scherzer | 6 | 60 | 2020 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6 | 3.79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 4 | 14.21 | 2.61 | 5.45 | 1.42 | 37.3 | 6.8 | 1.29 | .381 | 3.79 | 9.00 |
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